find the index of an element in an array php code example

Example 1: get index of element in array php

$array = array(0 => 'blue', 1 => 'red', 2 => 'green', 3 => 'red');

$key = array_search('green', $array); // $key = 2;
$key = array_search('red', $array);   // $key = 1;

Example 2: get key of value array php

<?php
$array = array(0 => 'blue', 1 => 'red', 2 => 'green', 3 => 'red');

$key = array_search('green', $array); // $key = 2;
$key = array_search('red', $array);   // $key = 1;
?>

Example 3: get key of array element php

$people = array(
  2 => array(
    'name' => 'John',
    'fav_color' => 'green'
  ),
  5=> array(
    'name' => 'Samuel',
    'fav_color' => 'blue'
  ));
$found_key = array_search('blue', array_column($people, 'fav_color'));

Example 4: get element by index array php

$array = array('foo' => 'bar', 33 => 'bin', 'lorem' => 'ipsum');
$array = array_values($array);
echo $array[0]; //bar
echo $array[1]; //bin
echo $array[2]; //ipsum